Come, look over this bit of real estate. Swim in it like a...human bird-monkey crab. As your face shrinks into nothingness in reaction, you'll see things that look like they don't go together, but the headlines are misleading, as even a dog could see. It's just a ballet of color distortion that only the slothful would monkey around in. All in all, a humanitarian nightmare. Do we have a sale?
-Ken, have you started to select these to see how I'll put them in words or context?
I endorse R. Stevie. True story, I actually gave him the title of his retrospective 'Lo-Fi High Fives' album, but I'll never get the recognition I deserve.
I'm taking off the next schedule. I need a little break and want to give others a chance. I'll be back to a music show next June and I'll still be doing Seven Second Delay with Andy during the next schedule.
Linda Lee! Hey there! Guess what? I gave my 2 weeks yesterday. Had some WFMU musicians playing their banjos while I sang "Take This Job and Shove it!" It was epic.
Ken, you deserve a break, but have you thought of the damage that will be done to the world not having your show on the air for 6 months? There is going to be a lot less entertainment in the world. The stock market will likely crash because of it. Just some things to consider.
S.M. Ken:
Well, as you need the break, please enjoy it, and my wish is that it's enough that we can hear you here next June?
Do you have a good place to rant we can follow? …and how about a weekly historic Ken Show for us to listen-to and natter to each other about, maybe playing on another stream, maybe _not_ at 09:00 Eastern so as not to draw us away from Scott's show.
WAIT A MINUTE...
So I get distracted for few minutes to come back here and find out Ken's is having a schedule break?! WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!
@LindaLee: Pretty much every comic of the era had some Hippie reference. Peanuts had the best by just having Peppermint Patty be the lesbian and hippie.
@WerbmasterHenry: Thanks for that link! But you know what stands out for me? The “Basic Hip” reference from back in the early aughts. That site just basically created MP3s out of all kinds of weird LPs and singles and they were great. Then they disappeared. Now that website link goes to “Basi Chip” some weird restaurant service.
I'm afraid I cannot replace Ken, weiterso. No one cannot replace Mr SM Ken Freedman! I cannot think of any other DJ that can replace him! He's irreplaceable forever and ever!
Wait a moment...
I know who can replace Ken! YES! The Serbian Ken! Burek Forever from Tilos Radio! We only need to to teach him some English and how to write down playlists. YEAH!!!
It's like I'm back in a diner staring at the wall while listening to a big lug slurping on his milkshake and chewing his cheeseburger. Thank you for that, Ken!
Anyone telling me Peppermint Patty and Marcie are not lesbians are ding-a-lings. That said, there is a whole page devoted to Patty and Marie’s relationship because… peanuts.wikia.com...
No, I had a break around ten years ago I think. This will be my fourth break from doing a weekly show. Its a good thing to do once in a while to keep from getting into a permanent rut.
And she always mocks other kids when she is not handing out that 5¢ psychiatric advice.
10:14am
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Ken,
Good luck making the business case to the chairman of the board! What's going to make up for the loss of marathon money for the Wednesday morning time slot instead?. Or is this part of the Machiavellian jew-purge plan?
Yes fersure on Peppermint Patty and Marcie, but let's get this out of the way before it comes up: Ernie and Bert were just roommates. Friends with a hint of co-dependency perhaps, but nothing more. Clear?
of ocurse I love all the Kens equally - Eagles tattoo Ken, tied to balloons Ken, morning show Ken, fruit bowled at nuts Ken - these are all great Kens.
Watched an early Nardwuar interview with Lydia Lunch last night. And also his interview with Sonic Youth. Neither were a fan of Nardwuar. Snoop loves Nardwuar though lol.
10:26am
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wfmu listener phillip,
I join you brother, in your despair and sense of loss. This a sad moment, indeed, for us and everybody here. I'm lost for words and I also want to cry...but first please sign up to the page I just created to celebrate the memory of Mr Freedman:
KenAppreciationClub.com
...where you will find all the musical archives for download from Ken's show for the ridiculously low price of 5 dollars each. It spans all his shows from 2001 to today. Or you can download them all for ONLY 500 dollars (with free shipping and handling).
I've been a WFMU listener since 2002, I do seem to remember Ken taking a summer schedule off but never a "regular" schedule. I also think around that time he was doing periodic fill ins for Greasy Kid Stuff with Daisy and Harry (which shows how long ago that was since they're both in college now, right?)
It is true, I've taken three summers off, I think - but never a long schedule off. There are many reasons but dont worry, I'll be back, and Im still doing SSD, and I will definitely be doing fill-ins and subverting Garbage Time.
I vote for Ken filling-in for Matt Warwick around 11. Matt is there? Just let Ike through the door a few minutes before and that will work out
10:41am
wfmu listener phillip:
does anyone remember "the cherry blossom clinic" with Terre T. she was supposed to take a little break too. she never came back. im still heartbroken over it.
10:42am
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I read as 'Don't worry I'll be back I'm still doing LSD'. But NO! Ken said SSD!
I undetstand Ken's coming back but what really worries me is that he might see the light after some time of reflection and come back here as a Pat Metheny convert!
As someone who snarks Ken a lot I know he does a shit-ton of work and respect all of it even when it seems like I don’t. Hope the time off works well. Feel sorry for Daddy Garbage who will most likely now have a more effective and well rested enemy on his hands.
HEY! the song is synched with the GIF! The song is synched with the GIF!
10:53am
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So Shut up Weirdo is over too. Hmm...And now the word in the street is that M from WFMU fame is leaving as well (so the station will be re-named to W'FU')! What's going on?!! Ken?!
Ken is going to undergo some sort of Felder epiphany. He'll be struck down from his bike and see a great white light envelop him and hear "Heavy Metal" blare from the sky, and come back to us a true believer.
FuFu, you'll have to just come to the station and fill the ever-growing voids
10:56am
Sam:
I miss Shut up weirdo so much. The chemistry between those two was so perfect, as were the interactions with the callers. I wish MadMan and Tommy O'Shea had kept calling.
10:56am
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wfmu listener phillip,
Yeah! Good idea! It's almost impossible to keep track of fill-ins.
10:56am
vanya moscow:
Hi everyone! Yeah, I’m hoping to for SUW return. I never yet had the nerve to call them. And now no chance. I was expecting to have them in air until they’re 80 and you know, see them grow with their audience and stuff
@Buddha: no, unfortunately. Just a software developer, and I'll either have to listen to stuff or make speed measurements that don't go well with an open browser, let alone the bloated iTunes
10:57am
wfmu listener phillip:
so i guess were all stuck with janky ray radio riot now!
In late, just now joining the potty.
Sounds like a few heavy revelations today & the troops are reeling. Catching up gradually. Congratulations and/or condolences as appropriate.
Any other WFMU show that is being terminated per chance, WFMU's chairman of the board? Is Irwin Chusid's show sent to the long grass as well? Perhaps you also permanently banned Do it or DIY?
Frangry and Michele, please bring back "I'm worth it"!! I listened to every episode of that. It was totally crazy. It was web only so they used all kinds of profanity.
Louis C.K.’s comeback will include 3 hours per week of compulsive masturbation on the radio… Oh wait, that was some WNYC gossip right there. SORRY LAURA WALKER!!!
I hope there's a way to bring back Tenderness Junction. It wasn't on long, but I loved that show
11:18am
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Thanks, JakeGould. Now I'm more afraid than ever! Is this the beginning of the end of WFMU as we know it? is it being replaced by alt-right shock jocks?
tracy & danny sound GREAT (aside: when i saw camera obscura, tracy's old band, at music hall w'burg, show was over and friend drove me home. but we passed bowery ballroom and i got out, and looked at adverts. doorman said to me "got a ticket?", re that night's sold out dirty projectors. i said "oh, just reading" but as he recognized me, he reached into pocket & gave me ticket. "thanks". i saw last 20mins of show, and david byrne came for the encore. end.)
@EvanFromSeattle: I’m not big on D&D but like the artwork and just heard about this upcoming book so I am sharing, “DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ART AND ARCANA: A VISUAL HISTORY” www.strandbooks.com...
@Carmichael: Late to the party! WFMU is going all country in a few weeks. Enjoy it!
11:28am
Morphe:
I am Time Zoned ..... listening to shelved shows and only just realized you were on .live ... "BURY ME DEEP!!!!!!" I do actually believe that is a compliment!!!!!!!!!
I credit D&D with a noteworthy plunge in grades during middle-school. Who knew rolling character attributes all day would impact classroom comprehension?
Maybe David Crosby could have Ken's slot. "Breakfast with Dave", where he visits a different eatery each week and we get to listen to him enjoying various menu items. Maybe he has a guest sometimes. They play music but we can't really hear it over the sounds of munching.
Whoa! No Ken on Wednesday morns is going to take some getting used to. Hope you can still do the Hazmat reports. As SM, can you mandate the replacement DJ in your slot play some Khlam or Tuchus on every show at 11am?
@Ken: I'm still in contact w/ Jason Forrest. Love the guy!
11:38am
Morphe:
Is this not Ken???? True story that William Burroughs could not invent : A blind Junkie in front of the Needle Exchange on Ave C was arguing with his comrade in a wheel chair. I did not sus the topic but the blind guy - waving his stick in the air said, "I'd kill you if ye weren't a cripple!!!"
@Ken thanks I will check that out. It might be a great time for it to come back because all that stuff is really popular live streaming with the kids these days. People freak out over it.
@JakeGould oh wow that should be pretty cool. The old artwork was nuts
Speaking of hoes, does anyone remember the Corner Gas episode where the town erected a statue of a giant hoe so they could bill themselves as 'home of the biggest hoe' in an effort to beat out (spits) Wullerton?
I put down Ted the Dog's food bowl just before Ken potted up David Crosby Eating Pizza, and for awhile there I couldn't tell which glomping and smacking was which.
"Super Saw" is pretty talented and featured in the All Musical Saw Book SCRATCH MY BACK.
11:49am
Morphe:
Needle Exchange - 1990s on Astor Place, minding my own bee's wax and 2 dudes asked me where was the Needle Excahange??? 20 blocks away?? What do I lok like???
Last week, visiting my dying mother in hospice, leaving the place 55/2ndAve Bklyn, a woman asks me where "can I score????" What the fuck do I look like????
@Morphe: 55th Street and 2nd Avenue in Brooklyn is the heart of Sunset Park’s dopeville. One time I was exploring the neighhorhood and just walking on 54th Street or so and every other person said to me “Good day, sir…” then I realized I was the only white guy there so they were testing me.
That Jim Leonard is a fine saw player, but we should give Natalia Paruz's recordings some air time whenever possible – she's a friend of the station! She showed up for 7SD in think twice.
@PlanetTyler: Nope. Lots of people were doing herin in Brighton Beach at the time. Neil Simon ain’t gonna talk about that “memoir” but “Requiem for a Dream” sheds light on that.
"first time..." make me think of ringo's "photograph" - my friend took the line "everytime i see yr face" and followed it with "it makes me think if yr part of the human race"
in the 90s you could actually take a shot & you weren't likely to kick off.
100 years' prohibition on narcotics as of 2014. talk about successful!
11:58am
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People!
I found why Ken's leaving! He is already telling us! Is on the playlist! Read the first letters of every song on the playlist! The message is encoded there!
David Crosby eats only at the 'bottomless dish' pizza place.
12:00pm
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hasta siempre, amigo Ken!
12:00pm
Sam:
We've got Portugal on the line. Go ahead sir.
12:02pm
bobo:
hi sorry for being a bit late. thankfully that will change as soon i'll be doing a morning shift so i'll be able to come earlier to ask for requests! By the way, are you still playing requests?